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Monday, 25 February 2013

As well as the usual short film screenings, filmmaker Q&As and of course the MovieBar quiz with awesome prizes, we will also be screening an indie feature from a MovieBar regular! Here are the details -

I Take You With Me and Newsaurus

Nathan Gregg directs two very different films - a short documentary about the lengths one woman will go to for her cause, and an animation featuring an origami dinosaur.

Nathan will hopefully be coming along to talk about the films.

Before Babel

This ambitious and gorgeous mix of live-action and animation from Cheryl White is an innovative representation of a mother's grief.

Friday, 8 February 2013

Monday night was another
brilliant MovieBar, full to the brim of exciting short films and music videos.
Thank you to everyone who came along and packed out our little room for
the first MovieBar of 2013!

For those of you who couldn’t
make it or for anyone who wants to relive the night, here is how the
night went . . .

I’m British

To kick off the night we saw the
latest bizarrely brilliant music video for hip hop/steam punk star Professor
Elemental, appropriately named ‘I’m British’.

Director Moog Gravett came along
on the night to talk about both films and his upcoming projects including his
new visual effects group which can be found here on Facebook. If you want to find out more about Moog’s work
check out his website.

Jam in the Honey
Jar

We followed ‘I’m British’ with a surreal product branding
inspired comedy short by director Damien Swaby.

If you would like to check out more of Damien’s work here is
his Vimeo page.

Kitty Bainbridge
is Dead

Next up Rebekah Smith brought us the wonderfully stylised
black and white 1940’s set short mystery film from director Joyia Bradley. Click this link to watch the trailer.

Rebekah joined us on the night
and gave us a short introduction to ‘Kitty Bainbridge is Dead’ and also
explained to us how she become involved with the short film and her work with
film festivals.For more information on
Rebekah and her work here is her website.

Selected Personal
Images

Just before the second break we watched the very atmospheric
and highly personal short film Selected Personal Images from Tom Hepworth.

The sound designer of the film, Charles Davis, came along on
the night to give us an insight into how this film was made and what influenced
the music that is intertwined with the style of the film.

Look out for Charles’ podcast series ‘Truth Nuggets’ when it
is available later on in the year.

Moments in Life

Second to last we saw Amine Yahia Cherif’s interesting drama
short about the lives of three groups of people that come together one night in
a cafe.

If you would like to watch 'Moments in Life' again then you can find it here.

Amine came along on the night to tell us a bit more about
the film, its hectic one day shoot and the method behind its ‘24’ inspired
editing.

Angelina Tout

Last but by no means least we had the pleasure of watching
the fun and energetic music video for The Zen Hussies directed by Sarah
Mallabar.

Along with all the brilliant
films that we screened this month we also had a couple of events announced at
the start of the night the details of which can be found below:

-Independent feature film, ‘Perfection’ by Christina
Beck was going to be screened at the Caroline of Brunswick, in the very room
that MovieBar is held, on 25th February at 7.30pm. Unfortunately this
screening has now been cancelled but If you would like to know more about the
film please visit the website.

-Another monthly event has sprung up in the
lovely Caroline of Brunswick: ‘Art and Chat’ is an Open Mic Night for artists
using digital means to present and discuss – ‘show, tell and crit’ works in a
relaxed, informal atmosphere. The night occurs on the last Wednesday of each
month from 5.30pm – 9.30ish. For further details of the night and the date of
the next meeting please see the website.

As we mentioned at the start of
the evening, we've been running MovieBar for just over two years and due to other
commitments with projects and babies and stuff, we now feel that it is time to
pass the baton of the running of this wonderful night to another person or
group of people.We are therefore asking anyone who is interested in taking on
the night to get in touch via moviebar@ymail.com. We will continue to run
MovieBar until April which will be our last night but we very much hope that
someone out of the MovieBar universe will pick up where we leave off, making
sure Movie Bar continues to be a staple in the Brighton Short Film Scene!

Thank you again to everyone who came along on
the night and made MovieBar once again such a success. We will look forward to
seeing you all again for the next MovieBar on Monday 4th March.